One for Sorrow

You are right. Sad as it may be, Gollum is the one character everyone acknowledges as being part of themselves. Which tells a lot about said critics and society in general. And did you really think today's society is an adult one? One of the very few things most modern day philosophers agree upon is that we live in a society of adolescents or even children. The adoration of youth and beauty over character and wisdom. Look at any social gathering: Is it not just like high school with its little groups and gangs and pecking order that instantly begin to form? And the constant striving for security and reassurance material as well as mental. I think it is pretty obvious, that we are digressing spiritually while we are developing technically.